CN105324629B - Optical measuring device and measuring method for obtaining range difference - Google Patents

Optical measuring device and measuring method for obtaining range difference Download PDF

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CN105324629B
CN105324629B CN201480034685.XA CN201480034685A CN105324629B CN 105324629 B CN105324629 B CN 105324629B CN 201480034685 A CN201480034685 A CN 201480034685A CN 105324629 B CN105324629 B CN 105324629B
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Optical measuring device and measuring method for obtaining step height.Invention is related to a kind of optical measuring device, and the optical measuring device obtains the distance between bearing (8) and the fringe region (10) of the object to be measured (12) difference (6) in situ.The optical measuring device has:The measurement head (14) of (15) is guided with two-beam, the measurement head (14) guides the first measurement beam (16) into bearing (8), and the second measurement beam (18) is guided into the fringe region (10) of the object to be measured (12).Reflectance spectrum for obtaining and being formed the first measurement beam (16) for being led to bearing (8) is provided, and is led to the tool of the reflectance spectrum of the second measurement beam (18) of the fringe region (10) of the object to be measured (12).Measuring device has the multi-channel measurement equipment (34) that a spectrum line (72) is arranged.The assessment unit (32) for reflectance spectrum for obtaining the step height between bearing (8) and the fringe region (10) of object (12), works together with spectrometer (48) and display unit (66).

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Optical measuring device and measuring method for obtaining range difference
Invention is related to a kind of for obtaining the optical measuring device of range difference and a kind of optics using the measuring device Measurement method.
Optical measuring device for measurement surface is known according to open 10 2,008 041 062 A1 of DE.It is known Measuring device generate measuring beam, measuring beam is incident on object after the optical module individually focused across at least three Surface on, by the surface reflection of object, and examined by spatial decomposition photodetector together with the reference light for then interfering superposition It surveys.
To such end it is known that measuring device have include at least three individual focus optics optical accessories.These The main shaft of the optical module individually focused is offset from one another and placed side by side.Furthermore it is known that measuring device have be placed on measurement Beam splitter in the light path of light beam.In addition, being directed to known device, the plane of reference and spatial decomposition photodetector are provided.
Light source, beam splitter and optical accessories are arranged so that relative to each other so that are emitted by light source and across focusing light The measurement light for learning component is incident on surface, is incident on detector by surface reflection and via focus optics.In addition, There is known measuring device assessment system, the assessment system to be used to receive image data and defeated from spatial decomposition photodetector Go out to indicate the measurement data of the surface shape on surface.For this purpose, indicating the distance between position and the focus optics on surface Distance value be acquired.According to these distance values, assessment system forms the parameter for the surface shape for indicating surface.
In addition, the method that patent disclosed above discloses the surface for measuring object, this method consists essentially of following Step:First, it generates and measures light.The segment beam that light is formed as measuring three convergences of the first part of light is measured as a result, with Illuminate three regions of the body surface for being separated by a distance placement.Three part light of reflected light or light by surface reflection Beam is led to spatial decomposition detector, these light shapes in the spatial decomposition detector together with the second part for measuring light At interference.Finally, these interference are analyzed by the detector of detection light intensity, to indicate the table of object by corresponding measurement data The surface shape in face.
Furthermore it is known that method in 10 2,008 041 062 7826068 B2, US 2009/ of A1, US of open DE 0078888 AS1、WO 2013/070732 A1、US 7853429 B2、US 7443517 B2、DE 10 2011 081 596 Illustrate in A1, DE 10 2,011 055 735 and KR 10 2,008 0112436.
Step between rotary support and the rotated edge region for the object (in particular, the object to be thinned) to be measured Measurement need robust (robust) measuring device, the robust measure device to be occupied while bearing high environmental pollution limited Space.
For this purpose, traditional robust step height measurement device ground as before is operated using tactile probe, a probe The surface of the fringe region of the narrow exposure for the object to be measured is scanned, the second probe is located on the upper surface of rotary support, Allow to obtain from the distance between two probes obtained, occur during processing slave millimeter range to multiple microns The step height of range.On the one hand one difficult point of this tactile measurement method is, suitably to measure to be measured The pressing force of pressing force and another aspect on the surface of support material on the fringe region of object.
If pressing force is too high, the possibility damaged to the fringe region for the object to be measured is can not rule out, Especially because object grinding rotation multiplicity need the thickness by object out of millimeter be thinned to 100 microns it is below Thickness.If pressing force is too low, since probe at least easily incurs sizable survey on the upper surface of the relative coarseness of bearing Amount error is inaccurate with measurement, so interfering, wherein the upper surface of bearing is because being thinned the abrasive grains of period appearance due to phase To coarse..
A kind of robust measure device and corresponding robust measure method are needed, to overcome the defect described in this field, simultaneously Deliver reliable measurement result.
A kind of optical measuring device of the characteristic with independent claims 1 and the characteristic of independent claims 14 are provided Measurement method.
Herein, colored confocal range measurement (chromatic confocal distance measuring) technology It is understood to that a kind of lens using the different wave length for light have the effect of the method for different focal point.Here it is colored it is confocal away from From the dispersion measured using spectrum broadband light in optical imaging system, come accurately determine between reflecting surface and measurement head away from From.The spectral width band point light source of the form of the first pinhole diaphragm of generally use or optical fiber connector is focused onto in optical imaging system Object on.Here, the distance from focus to imaging system is known, for good and all limits the function of wavelength.Reflected light is same One imaging system indicates again, is decoupled and the light path by illuminating is projected onto pin hole light positioned at the mirror point of beam splitter On door screen.Selectively, reflected light can also be fed back directly into the first pinhole diaphragm, then be decoupled.Then, pinhole diaphragm Subsequent detector determines the dominant wavelength of reflected light.By the knowledge of the focal length of individual wavelength, can directly determine and dominant wavelength Object distance.The advantage of this method is without moving assembly.
In addition, optical coherence tomography (OCT) indicates inspection method, wherein use spectral width band by interferometer Light measures the distance between object.In this process, examined object is by spot scan.Arm with known optical path length As the reference to measuring arm.The interference of the subwave of two arms generates pattern, and the light of two arms can be read from the pattern Difference between the length of road.
Here, area has been carried out between two interferometries and appraisal procedure (so-called " time domain " OCT and " frequency domain " OCT) Point.They relate in one aspect to time domain (TD) signal, are on the other hand related to frequency domain (FD) signal.It means that the length of frequency arm Change, and do not consider spectrum and constantly measure the intensity (time domain) of interference, or obtains the interference (frequency of individual spectral components Domain).
Filling according to the measurement of the application with both colored confocal and interference distance measuring techniques can be advantageously used It sets and measurement method.Especially during the processing of the wheel measuring object and rotary support that be measured or be thinned, for step The in situ of height reduces, and uses the measuring device of the application.
Specifically, in order to establish reliable and contactless measuring technique, in the first embodiment of invention, one can be used Optical measuring device of the kind for obtaining range difference, the optical measuring device include the measurement head that there is two-beam to guide, the two-beam The fringe region that guiding measures first Shu Yinxiang bearings and measure Shu Yinxiang objects by second, wherein the measuring technique It is robust in the case where grinding environment.
In addition, optical measuring device, which has, places measurement head to obtain the measurement head guide device of step height.In addition, light Learning measuring device has the spectrum wideband light source for generating light beam.Corresponding measurement head optical device can indicate on bearing at least Second measurement point on the fringe region of one the first measurement point and object.For obtaining and being formed the first measurement beam It works together with the assessment unit for reflectance spectrum with the tool of the reflectance spectrum of the second measurement beam, to obtain bearing and object Fringe region between step height, wherein the first measurement beam is led to bearing, and the second measurement beam, which is led to, to be measured The fringe region of object.
One advantage of the optical measuring device is, by by two adjacent measurements in the further embodiment of invention Head is inserted into measurement head guide device and the two-beam guiding of the measurement head of realization, and the first measurement beam is led to and the object to be measured The adjacent abutment surface of the fringe region of body, the second of the second measurement head measures the edge of the beam in-situ scanning object to be measured Region.
In the further embodiment of invention, measurement can be separated by measuring optical device in measurement head accordingly Beam so that in optical measuring device, first in abutment surface, which measures hot spot, generates the reflection for being suitable for distance assessment, and wants The second measurement hot spot that the fringe region of measured object is adjacent generates the reflection for being also applied for distance assessment.Two distance knots The difference of fruit can constantly monitor the reduction of the thickness for the object to be measured, and by its home position manifestation in display appropriate On.
Such as the scan rate of 4kHz can realize the measurement error that identification measures exceptional value and thus brings, and by using suitable When digital measurement filter eliminate them.Due to the scan values per second that can obtain 4000 or more, because dust is gentle molten Glue particle and the measurement error that generates can reliably be eliminated and the measurement result of robust filters out so that although deteriorating Environmental condition under, this optical measuring device can also be used, reliably and robustly to measure the reduction of step height.
The robustness of measurement method can be improved by selecting the measurement to the light wave length range of wideband light source, be This, the material of bearing and both the materials of object to be measured are opaque.
In the further embodiment of invention, provide for the colored confocal measurement head for obtaining step height in situ.In addition, Measuring device is also equipped with the measurement head that step height is obtained for interferometry in situ.By changing measurement head and process of measurement Simple process, another method can be switched to from a kind of method, and realize optical measuring device for measuring environment Optimum apjustment.
Such as above illustrated, optical measuring device can be with two optical measurement for including multi-channel measurement equipment Head, the two optical measuring heads are placed side by side in measurement head guide device and are mechanically connected.However, measurement head guide device In such compact measurement head still obtain systems with two independent measured values together with work, to obtain range difference.
In the further embodiment of invention, measurement head can have there are two optical fiber is measured, the two measure optical fiber can be with Mechanically positioning and work together with multi-channel measurement equipment (preferentially with two pass bands equipment).Such measurement head Also it works together with obtaining system with two mutually independent measured values.
Here, two measurement head optical fiber of optical measuring device can be supplied via fibre optics Y couplers, wherein Fibre optics Y couplers will be decoupled into two optical fiber from light of the spectral width with light source.Even if measuring method needs to refer to Part is measured, this can be measured by fibre optics and robustly realized relatively, wherein only one fibre optics part is in side It is mirrored, and can be incorporated into the fibre optics line (robust fibre optic strand) of robust.
Two measurement points are come from (on the one hand from the upper surface of bearing and on the other hand from the object to be measured in order to assess The surface of the fringe region of body) reflected light, multi-channel measurement equipment can have at least two spectrometers.Selectively, It can use and a spectrometer and place multiplexer at its upstream so that under multichannel pattern, first measures beam and the The scanning result of two measurement beams is alternately transmitted to a signal light spectrometer via optical fiber.On the other hand, multi-channel measurement equipment There can also be multi-thread circuit detector.This indicates cost-effective replacement.
In the further embodiment of invention, optical measuring device is equipped at least one spectrum line, using the spectrum line, The measurement that can be expressed apart from peak value and be evaluated as step height measured.For this purpose, being examined using identical spectrum line It surveys and measures from first and measure the light that beam reflects, and detect and measure from second and measure the light that beam reflects.Although this situation is simultaneously It is unnecessary, but when it is several measurement head is rendered as measuring several distance values when, spectrometer can also have several spectrum Line.Accordingly, there exist can measure the embodiment of several light to measurement head using a single spectrum line.
Using colored confocal method, can directly be determined by reflectance spectrum apart from peak value.In spectral interference measurement method In addition it is used or alternatively in the other embodiment of property, in order to determine apart from peak value, equalization then Fourier transformation, or The so-called Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of person (FFT) preferentially occurs.
In order to create several Measurement channels, each measurement head can advantageously be individually connected to light guide (especially optical fiber), To which light is provided separately via the guiding of individual light to the common light spectral line distributed all measurement heads.For this purpose, light guides Or each of optical fiber may be coupled to the input of multi-channel measurement equipment, and in multi-channel measurement equipment, input can be Individually, that is, spectrometer is connected to by the special light guide of individual.In spectrometer input, light guide or optical fiber can be in fiber optics It learns and is terminated in connector, fiber light connector is inserted into holder, to which fiber light connector can be located at spectrometer Collimator lens before.
Therefore, it is possible to the Multichannel device of measurement that realize special robust and accurate, while also can be cost-effective.
In the further embodiment of invention, optical measuring device has for making the first measurement beam and second measure beam The digitized tool of reflectance spectrum, wherein the first measurement beam is led to bearing, and the second measurement beam is led to the object to be measured Fringe region.There is measuring device the assessment unit for these digitized reflectance spectrums, reflectance spectrum can be used for obtaining Take the step height between bearing and the fringe region of object.
Here, as has been stated, can be detected by environment because of the high optics scan rate of for example, at least 4kHz Chip particles, measure exceptional value caused by aerosol particle and powder dust particle, and use electronic filter as described above They are filtered out.In view of the variation of the refractive index compared to air environment of any generation, pass through gas bleed or liquid Body, which rinses, can also protect double environment for measuring beam.
The another aspect of invention is related to a kind of measuring method, which obtains bearing and want in situ The distance between measured fringe region of object difference.For this purpose, measurement method includes the following steps.In measurement head guide device Middle setting has the optical measuring device of the measurement head of two-beam guiding, to get the distance on the surface of bearing and to being tested The distance on the surface of the fringe region of the object of amount.
Then, the spectrum broadband light of light source is applied to branch via light guide and as the measurement head optical device for measuring hot spot On on the surface of the seat and surface of the fringe region of object to be measured.In this process, the measurement beam of reflection is fed back It returns in the Measurement channel of the measuring device at least one interference spectroscope, the reflectance spectrum of the light beam of reflection is by interference light Spectrometer obtains.
Then, reflectance spectrum is evaluated, and system and extreme measurement error is removed, and measured object constantly subtracts Small thickness is determined in situ.
This method makes robustness monitor being thinned for object (such as semiconductor wafer or ceramic wafers), wherein such as object Body is maintained in corresponding grinding device and encloses and is pivoted, and the fringe region for the object to be measured is suitable for having with bearing The step height of pass measures, and bearing is also rotated in rotation but in the opposite direction.
The bearing of rotation is generally about the rotary shaft rotation that radius is significantly greater than the diameter for the disc shaped object to be measured The abrasive disk turned so that several objects to be measured can be located on abrasive disk.The object to be each measured is rotated Maintaining part is maintained on the surface of abrasive disk, this enables to the diameter of this object to be measured more than 10 inches and this The beginning thickness of the kind object to be measured is within the scope of millimeter.Then, backed by means of the tool rotated in opposite directions Abrasive disk and maintaining part, object can be thinned to the thickness less than 100 microns.
Because of the high scan rate per second more than 4000 turns, this method can be obtained, be filtered out and eliminate and be generated because of interference Measurement error and other random or the period measurement errors, to when filtered out because of high scan rate it is such measure it is different When constant value, ensure that the reduction of the robustly thickness of the monitoring object to be measured, the interference may be because of abrasive grains, air The particle of grinding dust or aerosol and milled mixtures and occur.
The constant error of even system (for example occurs because of the vibrations of the curvature on the surface of bearing or entire abrasive structure Constant error) can be acquired and by means of two-beam guiding and downstream assessment unit and be eliminated, due to two individually Measured value obtain system, enabling the measurement method of opposite robust is provided for the problematic environment of autogenous mill.
For this purpose, in the preferred embodiment of this method, the measurement head in measurement head guide device can have in multichannel Two optical measuring heads placed side by side and mechanically connected in measuring apparatus.Such optical measuring device has such as Lower advantage, that is, can not interact between two measurement heads, therefore, not influenced between range measurements.
In addition, measurement head can have can mechanically position and together with multi-channel measurement equipment (preferentially and bilateral Road measuring apparatus) work two measurement fibers.Such measurement head only with two individual fibers or fibre bundle can With constructively relative compact, therefore it is not take up too many space and is suitable for thinned device.
In addition, such fibre optics scheme can be used in other embodiment, to be coupled via fibre optics Y Device will be in the photodissociation coupling of spectrum wideband light source to two optical fiber.
In processing during measurement, the first measurement point is formed on bearing, and the second measurement point, which is formed in, to be measured On the fringe region of object, the distance from them to measurement head is acquired, and calculates step height by subtraction.
As has been stated, two different measurement methods can be used to the method, that is, for obtaining step The colored confocal measurement method and interferometric method of height.
Second for being led to the reflectance spectrum of the first measurement beam of bearing and being led to the fringe region of object measures beam Reflectance spectrum will be special advantage by digitlization.For example, by using above-mentioned electronic filter, by digitlization can eliminate by Exceptional value caused by abrasive grains in the environment of grinder.Therefore, measurement method disclosed in invention is in milling apparatus environment In be extremely robust.
Because measurement head is by double measurement heads rather than is individually arranged, optical device only needs a small amount of spaces, makes For example for during the grinding of the semiconductor wafer of electronics industry and ceramic wafers, device is particularly suitable for object height In-situ test and in situ measurement.In addition, when grinding object corresponding to multiple optics wavelength, there is step in edge region. Optical measuring device and method can also be advantageously used in, and be ground the general of dust, milled mixtures and Aerosol Pollution Under conditions of manufacturing enterprise, it is used especially in the optics step height measurement on surface of revolution.
Invention is more fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 shows the optical measurement dress of the acquisition range difference used on the thin grinder according to one embodiment of invention The schematic diagram set.
The measurement head of the device according to Fig. 1 is shown in detail in Fig. 2.
The modification of the measurement head according to Fig. 1 is shown in detail in Fig. 3.
Fig. 4 shows the schematic diagram of the optical measuring device for obtaining range difference of the embodiment according to invention, wherein There is optical measuring device 2 measurement head and multi-channel measurement equipment, multi-channel measurement device configuration to have the light of single spectrum line Spectrometer.
Fig. 5 shows the schematic diagram of the optical measuring device for obtaining range difference of the embodiment according to invention, wherein Optical measuring device has 2n measurement head and multi-channel measurement equipment, multi-channel measurement device configuration single with preferably one One single spectrometer of spectrum line.
Fig. 1 shows that is used on the thin grinder 50 according to the embodiment of invention is used to obtain range difference 6 (here:Platform Rank height) optical measuring device 2 schematic diagram.Thin grinder 50 has an abrasive disk 52, and the surface 54 of abrasive disk 52 can be by It is covered with the layer 56 of grinding agent.Abrasive disk 52 is supported so that it can surround axis 58 in the direction of arrow and rotate.It will quilt The disc shaped object 12 of measurement has the thickness d within the scope of millimeter and the diameter D more than 10 inches (25cm), present disc shaped Body 12 has storage and/or the logic core of big production ready early period in the movable upper side that it blocks maintaining part Piece, 12 maintained portion 60 of disc shaped object to be measured along the direction of arrow C press to abrasive disk 52 with to be measured The surface 54 of the rear-face contact of object, wherein maintaining part 60 rotates in the direction of arrowb during grinding.
For this purpose, the diameter of selection rotating holding portion 60 so that the fringe region 10 of disc shaped object 12 is kept beyond rotation The edge in portion 60 generates the table of the fringe region 10 and the abrasive disk 52 for forming bearing 8 of the object 12 rotated with maintaining part 60 Measurable step height 6 between face 54.For this purpose, the radius R of abrasive disk 52 is significantly greater than the diameter D of rotating holding portion.Therefore, Multiple objects 12 may be placed on the abrasive disk 52 rotated along the direction of arrow A.Rotating holding portion 60 can have with Direction of rotation B opposite the direction of rotation A of abrasive disk 52.
In order to measure the step 6 of the decreasing height during thin grinding, the static measurement head guide device of optical measuring device 2 20 place in a fixed manner with each maintaining part 60.To exist in the object 12 (in particular, fringe region 10) to be measured While second measurement beam 18 of measurement head 14 moves in rotary manner below, measurement head guide device 20 keeps measurement head 14 It is in resting position with two-beam guiding 15.
It is simultaneously moved below the first measurement beam 16 of two-beam guiding 15 on the surface 54 of abrasive disk 52 so that in invention In the embodiment, measurement head 14 can be by the fringe region of the first measurement point 28 and thin objects 12 on the surface 54 of bearing 8 The reflected light of the second measurement point 30 on 10 surface, is supplied to multiplexer 40, wherein multichannel is multiple via optical fiber 36 and 38 The broadband light from light source 22 is supplied to measurement head 14 via light guide 46 with 40 one side of device, on the other hand by 28 He of measurement point 30 reflected light component is supplied to spectrometer 48 via light guide 42.
Spectrometer 48 is connected to assessment unit 32 via sensing line 62, and digitized interference spectrum is supplied via electronic filter 44 It is given to assessment unit 32.Here, electronic filter 44 can eliminate the measurement exceptional value (example because of caused by the environment of grinder Such as, error) so that assessment unit 32 can connect the value measured for the step height of measuring error correction via connecting line 64 Display unit 66 is provided continuously.
It is apparent that in such grinder for each object to be measured, measurement head guiding is provided There is corresponding measurement head 14 and measured downstream and assessment unit, measurement head to draw for device 20, each measurement head guide device 20 Leading device 20 can assess because of multiplexer 40 and be indicated from the multiple of required measurement head on display unit 66 Signal.According to the relationship between the radius R and the diameter for the object to be measured of abrasive disk 52, to be measured three to ten six Object 12 is monitored by corresponding measurement head 14, and the thickness d out of millimeter is thinned to the thickness in tens micron ranges d。
The measurement head 14 according to the device of Fig. 1 is shown in detail in Fig. 2.The measurement head 14 is measured a guide device 20 and protects It holds, and is included in the individual measurement head 140 and 141 of two to keep together side by side in measurement head guide device 20, first Measurement head 140 obtains the distance between measurement head 140 and the surface 54 of bearing 8 e, and the second single measurement head 141 obtains measurement head The distance between 141 and the surface of fringe region 10 of object 12 to be measured c.By the non-of the range measurement disk 52 that obtains Bright surface or want thinning object 12 fringe region distance e and c (t) difference come thickness d (t)=e-c for being reduced (t)。
The modification of the measurement head 14 ' according to Fig. 1 is shown in detail in Fig. 3.The measurement head 14 ' of the modification and the measurement in Fig. 2 First 14 difference is, two individual measurement points are formed (that is, the survey on bearing 8 by measurement head optical device 26 appropriate Measurement point 30 on the fringe region 10 of amount point 28 and the object 12 to be measured).As shown in fig. 1, reflected light is fed back to Optical fiber 36 and 38, and the assessment unit for assessment is proceeded to via multiplexer 40, the interference values of spectrometer 48 are counted Word.
Fig. 4 shows optical measuring device 3 according to third embodiment.Optical measuring device can be with above-mentioned into one The thin grinder 50 explained in detail is walked to be used in combination.However, invention is not limited to such application scheme.In fact, no matter By measuring method determine range difference where, can use invention.These can be on bearing and bearing The distance between surface of object difference, such as, the range difference generated by the form and shape of the object to be measured.Although For purposes of simplicity, it is contemplated that entirely different application, but here without being explained in more detail.For example, being directed to this In the possible application of optical measuring device that describes may include measurement to bottle or other objects.
However, optical measuring device 3 is particularly suitable for measuring thickness, for example, particularly, in the bearing 12 of thin grinder 50 The thickness that be ground thinning object (such as object 12) of upper placement.To the further of this reason is that, due in a kind of change In type, two measurement heads 140 and 141 can be in conjunction with the measurement head 14 for being designed to double measurement heads with formation, so optical measurement Device 3 can have particularly compact and robust design.
Some of the element of optical measuring device 3 according to third embodiment shown in Fig. 4 and other elements have been joined It is explained according to attached drawing detailed above, all of which need not be described in detail again here.
It is contrasted with above-described embodiment, in the present embodiment, explains the particular variant of multi-channel measurement equipment 34 Structure.Multi-channel measurement equipment 34 has spectrum line 72.Spectrum line 72, which is placed on also, to be had collimator 73, grating 74 and focuses saturating In the spectrometer 48 of mirror 75.It would be recognized by those skilled in the art that these components are exemplary, and in other embodiment In, for example, grating 74 can be replaced by prism.
In addition, there is multi-channel measurement equipment 34 light source 22, light source 22 itself can also have individual light source 76.It is mostly logical Two Y couplers 77 are placed in road measuring apparatus 34, an input of each Y couplers is connected to the one of each light source 76 It is a.In this way, measurement head 140 and 141 can be provided with particularly effective broadband spectral light.
As has been stated, measurement head 140 and 141 is located in the optical measuring head 14 with two-beam guiding 15, from And form double measurement heads.For this purpose, measurement head 140 and 141 is abreast located in measurement head guide device 20, and it is mechanically connected Together.Therefore, the optical measuring device near the object to be measured of range difference to be measured can have special robust With space-saving design.
Light source 22 or two individual light sources 76 provide spectrum broadband light, and the measurement of beam 16 and second is measured to form first Beam 18.In this way, in this embodiment, the first measurement head 140 guides the first measurement beam 16 into the first measurement point on bearing 8 28, and the second measurement head 141 guides the second measurement beam 18 into the second measurement point 30 on the fringe region 10 of object 12.
In the first measurement head 140, for obtain and formed be led to the first measurement point 28 first measure The tool of the reflectance spectrum of beam 16.In addition, in the second measurement head 141, second is led to for obtaining and being formed The second of measurement point 30 measures the tool of the reflectance spectrum of beam 18.Tool for obtaining and being formed reflectance spectrum can basis Interferometric method (interferometric method) operates, wherein relevant measurement head 141 and 141 can have Reference mirror and beam splitter cube (not shown).However, invention is not limited to such embodiment.For example, 140 He of measurement head At least one of 141 can also be according to colored confocal method come work.
Two measurement heads 140 and 141 position toward each other in a predefined manner, as shown in Figure 4, can be preferential In identical geometric height.As a result, therefore measuring measurement of the measurement head 140 of relatively large distance e than therefore measuring small distance c The more blue light of first 141 detection.That is, the first measurement head 140 should measure more blue light, and the second measurement head 141 should Measure redder light.
Light from reflectance spectrum is coupled to by optical fiber 36 and 38 in multi-channel measurement equipment 34, and the first optical fiber 38 is by One measurement head 140 is connected to the first input 70 of multi-channel measurement equipment 34, and the second measurement head 141 is connected to by the second optical fiber 36 Second input 71 of multi-channel measurement equipment 34.Optical measurement is each corresponded in the input 70 of multi-channel measurement equipment and 71 The individual Measurement channel of device.As shown in Figure 4, input 70 and 71 can be connected to spectrometer 48 via Y couplers.Defeated Enter side, there is spectrometer holder 78 to be used as fiber light connector.Optical fiber 36 and 38 can be routed to guarantor via Y couplers Gripping member 78 can be such that light guide 79 and 80 is deviated associated with one another on spectrum direction along the direction of spectrum line 72.
Here, the degree 81 of offset can cause characteristic curve different, cause measurement head 140 and 141 reflectance spectrum that This is different.This characteristic difference is considered in the right way in the assessment apart from peak value then obtained.It is this Situation prior applicability is when using colored confocal measurement method.In interferometric method using such as OCT, for example, light guide 79 It should be preferably located at identical height on spectrum direction with 80, but can also be placed vertically with spectrum line 72, instead of each other Offset.Spectrum line 72 should obtain all light of the arrival spectrometer 34 detected by measurement head 140 and 141.For this purpose, spectrum line 72 preferentially have enough height, and have enough detector pixels.
In fact it can be seen that the specific advantage of embodiment shown here is, it is only necessary to a monochromatic light spectral line 72 The reflectance spectrum for assessing both measurement head 140 and 141, to which characteristic curve can be different.As a result, can also in the least unambiguously Assessment peak position corresponding with detector pixel.
Fig. 5 shows the fourth embodiment of optical measuring device 5.As shown in Figure 5, optical measuring device 5 can have Multiple optical measuring heads 14, each optical measuring head 14 are guided with two-beam as has been explained.
In addition, each measurement head can be operating independently so that every double measurement heads 14 can be obtained in a manner of above-mentioned explanation Take distance d1To dnDifference.All double measurement heads 14 may be coupled to two channels of multi-channel measurement equipment 34 so that optics Measuring device 5 has 2n single measurement heads 140 and 141, and with 2n channel a multi-channel measurement equipment 34.Again Secondary, multi-channel measurement equipment can use spectrum line 72 equipped with the single spectrometer 48 with single spectrum line 72 here Come all measuring signals for assessing measurement head 140 and 141 and all reflectance spectrums.Embodiment shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 It can be combined with the embodiment in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3.
For example, according to embodiment shown in Fig. 5, spectrometer 34 can also have one or more multiplexers.When When such case occurs, multiplexer should be preferentially placed so that be directed to different pairs of 140 He of measurement head of each pulse choice 141.About examples presented above, the operation of multiplexer and the details of frequency are specifically illustrated, and multichannel is multiple It can also be applied to here according to reorganization appropriate with the operation of device and the details of frequency.It is furthermore possible to also provide making characteristic The tool of further differentiation between curve.In the case of colored confocal measurement, this is determined by 2n the specific of light guide 79,80 Position and partly realize, wherein 2n light guide 79,80 can be along the direction of the spectrum line 72 of spectrometer 48 in different positions In be located at spectrum direction on.
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3 optical measuring devices (3rd embodiment)
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5 optical measuring devices (fourth embodiment)
6 step heights
8 bearings
10 fringe regions
12 objects
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15 two-beams guide
16 first measure beam
18 second measure beam
20 measurement head guide devices
22 light sources
23 first light beams
24 second light beams
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28 first measurement points (on bearing)
30 second measurement points (object)
32 assessment units
34 multi-channel measurement equipment
36 optical fiber
38 optical fiber
39 spectrometers
40 multiplexers
42 light guides
44 electronic filters
46 light guides
48 spectrometers
50 thin grinders
52 abrasive disks
The surface of 54 abrasive disks
56 layers
The axis of 58 abrasive disks
60 are directed to the maintaining part for the object to be measured
62 sensing lines
64 connecting lines
66 display units
70 multi-channel measurement equipment input
71 multi-channel measurement equipment input
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75 condenser lenses
76 light sources
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1. a kind of optical measuring device for obtaining range difference, for the marginal zone in situ for obtaining bearing (8) and object (12) Step height (6) between domain (10), the optical measuring device include:
The optical measuring head (14,14 ') that (15) are guided with two-beam is configured with the first measurement head (140) and second and surveys Measure double measurement heads of head (141);
Measurement head guide device (20), wherein the first measurement head (140) and the second measurement head (141) are placed side by side and mechanical Ground connects;
At least one spectrum wideband light source (22), for generates first measurement beam (16) and second measurement beam (18) light (23, 24), wherein the first measurement head (140) guides the first measurement beam (16) into the first measurement point (28) on bearing (8), the Two measurement heads (141) guide the second measurement beam (18) into the second measurement point on the fringe region (10) of object (12) (30);
Tool in the first measurement head (140) and the second measurement head (141) is led to the first survey for obtaining and being formed Measure point (28) first measures the reflectance spectrum of beam (16), and is led to the second of the second measurement point (30) and measures beam (18) Reflectance spectrum;
First optical fiber (38) and the second optical fiber (36), for will be measured respectively from the light of the first measurement beam (16) reflection and from second The light of beam (18) reflection is coupled to via respective light guide in multi-channel measurement equipment (34) measures the mostly logical of input with multiple The different measurement inputs of road measuring apparatus (34);
Spectrum line (72) is located in multi-channel measurement equipment (34), wherein first, which measures the reflectance spectrum of beam and second, measures beam (18) reflectance spectrum can be measured, and on the measurement input side of multi-channel measurement equipment (34), be made using holder (78) Respective light guide is deviated along the direction of spectrum line (72) on spectrum direction associated with one another, wherein measures beam from first (16) light reflected and the light reflected from the second measurement beam (18) are led to the spectrum line (72), and the characteristic of reflectance spectrum is bent Line is different from each other and the reflectance spectrum of measurement head is different from each other;
Assessment unit (32) is connected to spectrum line (72), wherein can be by passing through spectrum line apart from peak value via sensing line (62) (72) the first measurement beam (16) measured and second measures the reflectance spectrum of beam (18) and is formed, and can be commented apart from peak value Estimate the measurement for range difference.
2. optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the optical measuring device has configuration two-beam guiding (15) multiple optical measuring heads (14,14 '), each measurement head (14,14 ') be configured with the first measurement head (140) and Double measurement heads of second measurement head (141).
3. optical measuring device according to claim 2, wherein each first measurement head (140) and each second measures The different measurements that head (141) is connected to multi-channel measurement equipment (34) by optical fiber input so that each first measurement head (140) and the reflectance spectrum of each second measurement head (141) can be by the spectrum line in multi-channel measurement equipment (34) (72) it assesses.
4. optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the first measurement head (140) and the second measurement head (141) are used In colored confocal acquisition range difference in situ.
5. optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the first measurement head (140) and the second measurement head (141) are used Range difference is obtained in interferometry in situ.
6. according to the optical measuring device described in a claim in claim 1 to 5, wherein optical measuring device (2) At least one fibre optics Y couplers of (70,71) are inputted with each of multi-channel measurement equipment (34).
7. optical measuring device according to claim 2, wherein multi-channel measurement equipment (34) has at least one multichannel Multiplexer (40), at least one multiplexer (40) is in one-to-one the first measurement head (140) and one second measurement Switch between head (141).
8. optical measuring device according to claim 7, wherein multi-channel measurement equipment (34) is detected with multi-line Device.
9. optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein at least one spectrum wideband light source (22) has needle To the light source (76) of each first measurement head (140) and each second measurement head (141).
10. optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein optical measuring device (2) has for making the first measurement The digitized tool of reflectance spectrum of beam (16) and the second measurement beam (18), wherein the first measurement beam (16) is led to bearing (8), the second measurement beam (18) is led to the fringe region (10) of object (12).
11. optical measuring device according to claim 10, wherein in order to obtain the edge of bearing (8) and object (12) The distance between region (10) difference, optical measuring device (2) have the assessment unit (32) for digitized reflectance spectrum.
12. optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein optical measuring device (2) has at least optics of 4kHz Scan rate.
13. optical measuring device according to claim 1, wherein optical measuring device (2) tool in assessment unit (32) There is electronic filter (44).
14. a kind of measuring method for obtaining at least one range difference obtains bearing (8) and object (12) in situ Fringe region (10) between step height (6), this approach includes the following steps:
The measuring device of the optical measuring head (14,14 ') with two-beam guiding (15) is provided, the measuring device is configured as having There are one double measurement heads of the first measurement head (140) and second measurement head (141), in measurement head guide device (20), First measurement head (140) and the second measurement head (141) are placed side by side and mechanically connected,
First is generated by the first measurement head measure beam (16) and by the production of the second measurement head by least one spectrum wideband light source Raw second measures beam (18), wherein and the first measurement head (140) guides the first measurement beam (16) into the first measurement point (28), and Second measurement head (141) guides the second measurement beam (18) into the second measurement point (30), forms reflectance spectrum in every case,
Light that beam (16) reflects will be measured from first measure light that beam (18) reflects via the via the first light guide and from second Two light guides are coupled to, and have the different measurement inputs of multiple multi-channel measurement equipment (34) for measuring input,
On the measurement input side of the spectrometer of multi-channel measurement equipment (34), make the first light guide and second using holder (78) Light guide is deviated along the direction of spectrum line (72) on spectrum direction associated with one another, wherein spectrum line (72) is located at multichannel In measuring apparatus (34), it is led to from the light of the first measurement beam (16) reflection and from the light of the second measurement beam (18) reflection described Spectrum line (72), the characteristic curve of reflectance spectrum is different from each other and the reflectance spectrum of measurement head is different from each other,
Reflectance spectrum is measured by the assessment unit of the downstream connection of spectrum line and spectrum line, is surveyed according to first apart from peak value It measures the distance between point and the first measurement head and the distance between the second measurement point and the second measurement head and is formed, and distance Peak value is assessed as the measurement of range difference.
15. measuring method according to claim 14, wherein during measurement processing, measurement head (14) is kept Fixed position in measurement head guide device (20), bearing (8) and object (12) are below measurement head (14) with opposite It rotatably moves direction of rotation.
16. the measuring method according to claims 14 or 15, wherein during measurement, the first measurement point (28) quilt On bearing (8), the second measurement point (30) is configured on the fringe region (10) of object (12) for configuration, and it is each to obtain them From at a distance from measurement head (14).
17. measuring method according to claim 16, wherein remembered in situ by calculating the difference of the distance value obtained Record the object thickness to successively decrease.
18. measuring method according to claim 14, wherein colored confocal measurement method is for obtaining range difference.
19. measuring method according to claim 14, wherein interferometric method is for obtaining range difference.
20. measuring method according to claim 14, wherein the light of spectrum wideband light source (22) is by fibre optics Y Coupler is decoupled towards measurement head (14) into two optical fiber (36,38).
21. measuring method according to claim 14, wherein be led to bearing (8) first measure beam (16) and The reflectance spectrum for being led to the second measurement beam (18) of the fringe region (10) of object (12) is digitized to assess.
22. measuring method according to claim 14, wherein the surface of the fringe region (10) of object (12) and branch The surface of seat (8) is scanned with the scan rate more than 4kHz.
23. measuring method according to claim 14, wherein measurement error is evaluated the electron number in unit (32) Word filter (44) filters out.
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